Game.



l. W. BRAUNSCHWEILER. GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22 I918.

WITNESSES Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

- U T D S AT S AIENII we 1 iTOBn WALTER BBAUNSGEWEILEBQOEPALOALTQ;cALIro'anIAJ 1,'P .'Y5,21 I Specification of Letters Patent. 1jfaPatnted A ug; 1 918; 1 "a l c tio filedlifarch 22,191 sw n...area.--f1 v y b7, enr sntsthe min 1519 trackwhichlisj' ,Be 1t known that I, JOHN -wALTER B RAUN-; commonly used in connecting lines of forts}SCHWEILER, a tlzen of Canada, residing. at of this, character, and 8'and19 are branch,

To all wk omjz't'mag concern." i I a I PaloAlto, in the county ofSantaClaraandv trackswhich are used for running the cars.

State of California, have invented certain of ammunitionto the .fortscontainingthe' new and'useful Improvements in Games, of guns." [1,0 is aturn-table which is placed at which the following is afspecification.the two meeting, ends of the branch tracks This invention relatestogames in puzzle so that the cars of ammunition maybe form, and, consistsof a base in the formof a] turned onto either track. 5

fort'havingrailway tracks andguns mount- 7 C- designates afort' holdinga, large gun,

ed thereon. v and D-design'atesa fortholdingfli maller The base istriangular in shape with two .gun. These 'forts'are fastened toithemain.

of its corners extending outwardlya short; base B by metallicbracesorhooks ll which distance. Forts are positioned on. the two fitintoj socketsl2, placed'lonfthe side ofthej'm short sides of the base,one'fort having a main basefi V, f f v large gun ,and the other forthaving a designates-a canholdin large ammng, smaller gun. Two carsofammun'i'tion' have nitionfor the larger gun, and D. designates,- beenplaced at the wrong guns and the prina car holding ammunition for thesmaller cipal object of the game is to place the cars gun. These carsare here shown on the at their rightguns by the use of the locomo branch.tracks, the car .Df holdingthe smallf tive, without running thelocomotive on the ammunition being placed at the large gun, turn-table.and the car C holding-the large ammuni- A further object of theinvention is to protion being placed at the small gun. E desvide a gamewhich will require considerable ignates a locomotive which is here shownon study to work out. This andother objects the main line and is adaptedto be used in will be more apparent as the invention is shunting the twocars holding the ammunimore fully described in the following specitionto their right places. fications. With reference to Fig. 3, the tracksare] With these and other objects in view, the formed of flat pieces ofmetal which are fas- 5 invention consists in the construction, com-,ten'ed to the main base by suitable screws 14: bination and arrangementof parts as will and the tracks are adapted to project over behereinafter fully described, illustrated a groove 15 in the main base.in the accompanying drawings, and pointed The locomotive and cars areprovided out in the claims hereunto appended. with a block: 16 which hasoutwardly extend- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the game ing flanges 17so that same may run in the showlng positions of the two guns, and thegroove 15 and beheld from running off the two cars placed in their wrongplaces. track'by the extending portion of the track.

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing how the In describing the operation ofthe invenbase may be folded together so that the tion, the object is toplace the cars O and D" same may be put in a box or other recepat theirrespective places by the use of the tacle when not in use. locomotive,without running the locomotive Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line AAon the turn-table, and have the locomotive of Fig. 1, and placed back onthe main track when finished.

Fig. 4: is a side elevation of one of the Thelocomotive is operated bythe hand I V gun forts showing the means for fastening and is taken backto the corner 5, switched same to the base. onto'the branch track 9 andpushes the car. Referring to the drawings like numerals 0' onto theturnstable 10'. Y The locomotive designate like parts in the variousdrawis then brought back andover to the branch 1 ing track 8, pushes thecar D up and connects'105 B designates the base, being triangular thesame with the car CT, pulls the two cars in shape to represent the baseof a fort. back to the corner 5 and then pushes the: The two corners 5and 5' of the base extend] same across to the corner 5. It then leavesoutwardly and may be folded in on suitable the car 0 resting on thecorner 5, pulls the hinges 6 as shown in Fig. 2 so that the same car Dacross to the corner 5, then pushes-it may be folded up and placed in areceptacle along the branch track 8 and leaves it on the.

or b x when n t in u e. -table Th lo pn otive ,is then brought baok tothe corner 5, taken across and up the gun, the other a small gun, earsto hold ambranch track, takes thecar D oiftheturn-; ;munition-forsaid-guns adapted to be run table, pulls it back and leaves it at itsproper on the said tracks, a locomotive for operating 30 lace Which isbehind the smaller said cars, and means for holding said loco- 5 Afterleaving it there, the locomotive is motive and cars on the tracks.

then brought; down; and eonneoted-Withthe' 1 2. A game of the characterdescribed com oar C which has been standing on the corner prising a baseof triangular shape in the 5. The car C is thenpulled"aeross the Demurefort having a main line and branch 35 main line to the corner 5,pushedupthe side lines running therefrom, a turn-table atone track Sandplaced in its 'properf 'jlaoe which of the angles of the base, twogunsofdifler is" behind the large gun; The locomotive is ent sizes fastened oneach si'deofsaid' base then brought back and 'leftresting on the and twocars'1adapted"to be loperat'ed by a. main line. V locomotive, one ofsaid' cars holding largei"40 3 From the foregoing it is thought that theammunitionfor the large gun and-the other construction of my' inventionwill be'olea'rly car holdingsmallalnmunitioniior'the smallunderstood,"andtherefore a more'extended gun, said" cars beingplatedintlieir'vvrong explanation'has be'enomitted'. positions'and"adapted tobe' {placedfat their What I claim as new, is,"c0rrectposit1onsby'thejuse of the locomotive 45:

1. "Afgame representing a fort consisting, Without running the saidlocomotive on the; ofa base-tr angular ln'shape andhaving itsturn-table. 7

two cornersgadapted to be'hingedlyloonnect- Intestimonyvvhereof Imysignature ed ancill-turne'd sci that same may be placed ininthepresence of tWo' Witnesses. V Z a slna rece tac e, a main linetrack runnin V a i i across one d f the straight sides of said for? r 5)7 JOHN P E BA w W Fi' having two: branch tracks having a turn-Witnesses: V v i table at'their meeting ends,two smaller forts EDWARDWERR'O, mounted on said base, one holding a'large. Gnonons BORN;

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